Faculty Development Program | The Teaching & Learning Centre | Seneca Polytechnic

The Faculty Development Program (FDP) is designed to help faculty develop and/or demonstrate teaching-related practices in a flexible and practical way. It consists of three bundles of courses.

The First Bundle in the Faculty Development Program is designed to help faculty develop and/or further their proficiencies in the area of curriculum planning, design, delivery, and assessment of student learning. It provides opportunities for faculty to explore links within, across and outside of the curriculum in order to develop a cross-disciplinary, experiential approach to learning that emphasizes diverse learning experiences.

The First Bundle in the Faculty Development Program is the prerequisite for the Second and Third Bundles in the Faculty Development Program.

In Fall 2025, the First Bundle in the Faculty Development Program will run on Tuesdays. It is now open for registration applications in MyPD.

The Second Bundle in the Faculty Development Program is designed to help participants explore and use academic technology to enhance teaching and learning. Through experiential means, participants will be exposed to a wide variety of academic technologies and the teaching and learning techniques/methodologies used in the implementation of these technologies.
Participants will complete an individualized, technology enhanced learning project based on an area of interest to them. Active participation will be encouraged throughout by way of regular discussions and knowledge sharing/feedback opportunities.

The Second Bundle in the Faculty Development Program is the prerequisite for the Third Bundle in the Faculty Development Program.

In Fall 2025, the Second Bundle in the Faculty Development Program will run on Wednesdays.

The Third Bundle in the Faculty Development Program is central to your development as a polytechnic professor and as someone who teaches among the challenges of a diverse, multifaceted, and complex teaching and learning community, both inside and outside the classroom. Through the process of inquiry and critical reflection, the practices and assumptions on which decisions about teaching are based will be discussed.

The Third Bundle in the Faculty Development Program will not run in Fall 2025.

Note: due to the pre-requisites, the bundles of courses must be taken and completed in the order stated above.

Each Bundle requires approximately 36 hours of classroom and/or blended-mode participation. Faculty complete a portfolio with elements related to course design, classroom practices, and assessment of student learning. The Faculty Development Program is a mandatory requirement for all newly-hired full-time faculty members, although all faculty members and instructors are welcome to apply to register in MyPD.

Newly-hired full-time faculty members are also required to attend "New Faculty Orientation" and participate in either the "Teaching & Learning Summer Conference" or "Micro-teaching Sessions."